12045106

Processing Unit Reset by a Virtual Function Bypassing a Host Driver

PublishedJuly 23, 2024
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InventorsYinan JIANG
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
17 claims

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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reset sequence includes a handshake between the local SMU and a device driver of the virtual machine.

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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating bypasses a hypervisor of the processing system.

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4. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing unit comprises a plurality of semiconductor dies, and wherein the processing portion of the processing unit comprises one of the plurality of semiconductor dies.

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5. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is spatially partitioned into a plurality of processing portions comprising the processing portion.

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6. The method of claim 4, wherein the reset sequence comprises a reset sequence to reset the one of the plurality of semiconductor dies independent of resetting other semiconductor dies of the plurality of semiconductor dies.

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7. The method of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of processing portions is assigned to a different one of a plurality of virtual functions comprising the virtual function.

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9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the reset sequence omits a handshake between the virtual function and a host driver of a processing system.

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10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the processing unit comprises a graphics processing unit (GPU).

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11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the reset condition comprises a detected error at the processing portion of the processing unit.

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12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the GPU comprises a plurality of GPU chiplets, and wherein the processing portion corresponds to one of the plurality of GPU chiplets.

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13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the processing portion comprises a render engine assigned to the virtual machine.

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15. The processing system of claim 14, wherein the reset sequence includes a handshake between the local SMU and a device driver of the virtual machine.

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16. The processing system of claim 14, wherein the processing unit comprises a plurality of semiconductor dies, and wherein the processing portion of the processing unit comprises one of the plurality of semiconductor dies.

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17. The processing system of claim 14, wherein the processing unit is spatially partitioned into a plurality of processing portions.

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18. The processing system of claim 15, wherein the reset sequence bypasses a hypervisor of the processing system.

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19. The processing system of claim 16, wherein the reset sequence comprises a reset sequence to reset the one of the plurality of semiconductor dies independent of other semiconductor dies of the plurality of semiconductor dies.

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20. The processing system of claim 17, wherein each of the plurality of processing portions is assigned to a different one of a plurality of virtual functions.

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July 23, 2024

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Yinan JIANG

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